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Art Style Type

This SREF style blends elements of manga art with watercolor illustration, featuring clear Japanese anime aesthetics and retro illustration vibes. It combines line art with flat color application, resembling a modern interpretation of 80s-90s anime and game concept designs. The style evokes artwork from early anime magazines and game design manuals, but reinterpreted through contemporary tools.

Style Characteristics

The most striking characteristic of this style is the bold yet minimal linework paired with a limited but vibrant color palette. Colors primarily focus on high-contrast combinations of blues, reds, and yellows against simple, light backgrounds. The lines have a distinct sketchy quality with spontaneous strokes, creating a raw and lively aesthetic. The overall image carries an "unfinished" charm, where negative space and simplified representation leave room for the viewer's imagination. This style is impressive because it perfectly balances detail with minimalism, precision with spontaneity.

Style-Enhancing Prompt Keywords

  • Sketch style: Enhances the natural flow of lines, increases the improvisational and lively qualities of the work, making the image more expressive
  • Retro anime: Adds an 80s-90s nostalgic atmosphere, strengthens the classic feel of character designs, imbuing the work with period characteristics
  • Limited palette: By controlling the color scheme, enhances visual impact, ensuring each color block has a clear visual purpose, improving overall harmony

Recommended Application Scenarios

This style is particularly suitable for indie game character design, sci-fi or fantasy book covers, music album artwork, retro-styled movie posters, and anime merchandise design. It's also perfect for commercial projects aiming to display unique personality and artistic expression, helping them stand out among standardized designs.

More Tips


You can explore further by combining the following command:

  • --sv: There are six versions of the Style Reference feature in Midjourney version 7 when using images. Use the --sv parameter to choose between them. --sv 6 is default. --sv 4 is the old V7 sref model (prior to June 16, 2025). Using --sv 6 and --sv 4 may produce different style results.
  • --s: Default value is 100, can be set from 0 to 1000. The higher the value, the more detailed the image, and the closer the style may be to reality.
  • -niji 6: Using this command will give the image a more anime style.
  • --sw: Default value is 100, can be input from 0 to 1000. A higher value makes the style closer to the original.
  • You can now blend multiple --sref codes together (for example --sref 123 456 )
  • You can weigh individual codes or urls as follows --sref 123::2
  • You can also read more guides on How to use SREF Code

Other Reference Code

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